“ But man, who is a creature adapted to a greater variety and intricacy of relation, connects with the general passion the idea of some social qualities, which direct and heighten the appetite which he has in common with all other animals; and as he is not designed like them to live at large, it is fit that he should have some thing to create a preference, and fix his choice ”
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757). copy citation
Author | Edmund Burke |
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Source | A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful |
Topic | choice passion |
Date | 1757 |
Language | English |
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